I have just added 14 newly released classic rock tracks into high rotation on the playlist featuring songs from icons like Dion, Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Nine of the songs are from the following newly released albums:
Dion – Blues With Friends … Ably assisted by the likes of Van Morrison, John Hammond, Billy Gibbons, Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Bonamassa, Paul Simon, Samantha Fish and Brian Setzer – the 81 year old rock/pop/blues legend has delivered a sizzling album of blues. Highly recommended! Listen for the tracks Blues Comin’ On, Hymn To Him, What If I Told You and Song For Sam Cooke (Here In America). Read the review here.
Bob Dylan – Rough And Rowdy Ways … With his 39th album – the first one of all new original material since 2012 – Dylan takes us on a trip with “references and direct lines to 20th century cultural touchstones – from political and geographical talking points to life-long influences and his musical peers that helped shape the rock ‘n’ roll landscape in the ’60s.” Listen for the song Goodbye Jimmy Reed. Read the review here.
Neil Young – Homegrown … This album sat in the artist’s archives – unreleased – since 1975. It is the “unheard bridge” between two acoustic-based albums, the 1972 classic Harvest and 1978’s Comes a Time, but because of the personal nature of the songs – and the heartache he was going through at the time – he chose not to release it until now. It was worth the wait! Listen for the tracks Vacancy and White Line. Read the review here.
Champlin Williams Friestedt – CWF 2 … This band consists of former Chicago singer Bill Champlin, former Toto singer Joseph Williams, and Swedish guitarist/producer Peter Friestedt. They recorded their first album in 2015, an EP in 2018 – but this new album has delivered the AOR goods with a very Chicago/Toto sound. Listen for the songs Runaway Dancer and Love In the World. Read the review here.
New Singles
The other 5 songs are all recently released singles:
Kansas – Jets Overhead … this is the third single from the band’s upcoming album The Absence Of Presense, which is scheduled for release July 17th, 2020.
Elvis Costello – No Flag … this song is a return to the artist’s punk/new wave roots and finds him expressing “the communal disgust so many of his listeners feel about their government, be it the United States or the United Kingdom.” A keeper …
The Allman Betts Band – Magnolia Road … this track is the first single from the bands second album Bless Your Heart, which is due for release on August 28th, 2020.
Bragg & Hemsworth – Tall Stories On Short Street and New World (Has Begun) … Tim Bragg and Ross Hemsworth are two talented musicians who have teamed up to produce these excellent songs. Both tracks are from their upcoming album Tall Stories On Short Street – which is due for release on July 31st, 2020. Click here to read more about this project.
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